The king of Yiddish Music: Leo Fuld - Where can I go? (Wo Ahin soll Ich Geh'n?)

"When I was a child, on Sunday mornings the family would assemble around the blue-leather-covered gramophone to listen to records. Apart from the Light Programme, there was no music in the house during the rest of the week, and anyway, the star of my parents' collection of 78s was now heard only occasionally on the BBC. His discs, kept carefully in a cupboard in their paper wrappers, were placed on the turntable, the stylus lowered, and within a few notes we were all sobbing.
For the singer, Leo Fuld, was renowned as the leading exponent of Yiddish song; he was, as it turned out, the last great Yiddish star. Einstein was said to be a fan. Fuld had had two smash hits: one was a cover of Sophie Tucker's My Yiddishe Momma, but it was the second, Wo Ahin Soll Ich Geh'n (Tell Me Where Shall I Go), that had us crying our eyes out.
Tell Me Where Shall I Go told the story in two devastating verses, sung in Yiddish and English, of a man with no country."
(Linda Grand on Thursday July 26, 2007 in The Guardian)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Hippo Records
• The Legend
• Kees Post
• Mohamed el-Fers
• Leo Fuld
• Where can I go
• Wo Ahin soll Ich Geh'n
• Tell Me Where Shall I Go

[sammipink]

my dad sang this to me when i was a little girl , he died when i was eight still miss him even now at 70 yrs old also miss mum who i was lucky enough to have her around untill she was 89 i can still hear him telling me to make up my mind

[lkarabinas]

He speaks of pre-holocaust when no country would let any Jews in .

[MrPETERVREELAND]

wat zal ik zegge grand shalom leo

[MenwithHill]

This makes you understand why Israël should exist

[786vinay]

The singer is really the Jews... to be Jew is to suffer all life... Jews are great will be great

[emmaziva]

Words can not express my admiration to this great singer, my only sad and disadvantage and misfortune that I was not able to meet him personally. R.I.P. Leo Fuld

[786vinay]

thanks for the most lovely songs ever

[786vinay]

Jews are special because their suffering has not come to an end.... I love Jews

[muziekstraatschoffie]

Als niet jood heb ik diepe respect altijd gehad voor een man als Leo Fuld. herrinnerend aan de vele zondagen dat ik als kind met mijn vader op onze buik lagen, en plaatjes draaiden. Vooral de combinatie van de schitterende muziek en de fragiele maar o zo schitterende doorleefde stem van Leo Fuld, maakt dat ik de tranen nog steeds over mijn wangen lopen bij het beluisteren van zijn onverwoestbare, tijdloze muziek...

[yediddi100]

Bedankt hiervoor! Hij was mijn 'oom' en ik heb nog een foto en een brief die hij mij schreef . Hij ligt alweer heel lang begraven op 'Vredenhof' in Amsterdam

[mieke3100]

als kind luisteren we altijd naar leo fuld wat mij aansprak was mijn yiddische mama en unter boime.

Mijn vader overleed en heb voor hem mijn yiddische mama laten draaien daar hij zijn moeder nooit meer heeft gezien (ze was vergast)en de rest van zijn familie.